Re: SQL generating SQL - stupid question continued lines

  • From: Carel-Jan Engel <cjpengel.dbalert@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 23:02:03 +0200

Might be one of Rachel's stories in Novemebr, Niall.
Carel-Jan

On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 22:25, Niall Litchfield wrote:


> true story 2 - this one is me though. 
> 
> take one script
> 
> 
> select RPAD(col,255,' ') colname
> from tab
> where (some marginally imaginative logic)
> 
> wrap in
> 
> set trimspool on
> spool filename
> 
> 
> ponder for 36 hours why RPAD wasn't working :) 


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